Baby Names Sure to Shock Grandma

There are two lovely Portlands, in Maine and Oregon, but not many babies with their name.

Jansen is an intriguing way to honor an ancestral John; Jantzen is a brand of swimwear.

For your Starbucks order, not your baby.

The name of Beethoven's third symphony, and too close to the word erotica.

Slightly awkward girl's version of a straightforward male name.

Since girls have already coopted Tyson (singer Nenah Cherry's daughter, for one), no need to go to these lengths to feminize it.

As soon as a name becomes mega-popular, parents start to look for spelling variations to set their child apart. This is one of the less graceful ones.

Cloris is bad enough without shortening. Consider FLOR instead, a beautiful Spanish name.

Configuration coined by troubled former NBA star Jayson Williams for his daughter.